Talking Headways Podcast: Measuring Carbon Emissions at Street Level
Dr. Kevin Gurney is a carbon cycle scientist at Arizona State University. I recently came across an article in Nature about his work measuring carbon emissions from mobile sources at street level, and I wanted to find out more.
On the podcast, I asked Dr. Gurney why cities are important to climate change, and why political boundaries make it difficult to collect data. And we discussed why measuring emissions matters not only for climate change, but also policy arenas like transportation planning and housing.
Dr. Gurney also peers into his crystal ball to assess whether we’ll have the tools to detect something like the Volkswagen emissions scandal in the future.
Join us for a fun discussion about cities, emissions, and data collection at the street, the block, and the city level.
Did anyone listen to this and can tell me if they addressed the question of on-street bike boulevards versus separated trails? I prefer to take routes that snake away form traffic as I can assess the pollution levels not with my smartphone but with my nose.
We didn’t address that question though there has been some research in that field. We were mostly talking about measuring emissions at the street level but for a regional scale analysis.
Wow (minute 13.40 quoting Jeff Wood’s statement) – 47% of L.A. greenhouse gas emissions are from road vehicles! Any directions on where I can find the source for this data? (Am curious if it’s city, county, metropolitan area.) In the meantime I’ll quote the podcast.